1966-02-17

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Vol. 2 No. 26
SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE. BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
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Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 17, 1966
Mayor Issues Views
On Hardwick Estate
Farmingdale Village Mayor Joseph Zureck this week issued an
open letter regarding the proposed Hardwick Estate development.
In recent weeks. The Observer has received dozens of letters
from homeowners in the Hardwick Estate area protesting the
proposed development.
Dear Residents of the Village:
Much has been written during the past few weeks about the
proposed development of the property known as the Hardwick
Estate in the northwest corner of the Village. I would like to
outline for you in this letter some of the recent history of the
property and familiarize you with the proposals for develop­ment
which are presently before the Village.
In the latter part of 1959, the possibility of annexing this 13.75
acre tract was presented to the Village. Following general public
discussion and public hearings conducted by both the Town Board
of the Town of Oyster Bay and the Village Board, the annexation
was approved. With the annexation came the problem of what
zoning classification to assign to the property. At that time the
highest zoning classification in the Village was AA zone which
required building lots in such area to contain 7500 square feet
( 75 x 100). The Village immediately added a new zone which re­quired
such lots to contain 12,500 square feet ( 100 x 125). The
Hardwick property was given this highest zoning classification.
No change of zone is being considered for the property at this
time.
As we all know the property has not been improved, developed
or used for more than five years since its annexation to the Vil­lage
in 1960. During this period however, several proposals for
the development of the site for a Retirement Housing project and
apartment houses have been made to the Village and rejected.
The current proposal under consideration is to erect approxi­mately
thirty- two homes on the property. They will be of a cus­tom
type, range in value from $ 30,000 to $ 40,000 and be situated
on plots having minimum sizes of 100 x 125. The basic topo­graphy
of the area will be retained as well as its beautiful wood­land
character.
A comprehensive drainage plan has been especially designed for
the area by a licensed engineer. The plan requires all drainage
water to be retained on the area site by the use of dry wells for
the houses and a recharge >. uoln designed for thai purptbe. The
drainage plan has been approved by the engineering department
of the Nassau County Department of Public Works and is
now beingv evaluated by our Village Engineer and the Village
Planning Board.
We have been asked to require that the new houses having
frontage on Quaker Meetinghouse Road face this road. This
requirement does not seem feasible. The topography of these
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4,000 Children Ready
For UNICEF Drive
Tills Sunday afternoon, Febru­ary
20, 4,000 children of the
Religious Schools in School Dis -
trict 22 wUl initiate the observ­ance
of National Brotherhood
Week with a house to house Col­lection
of Small Coins for
UNICEF from noon til 4 p. m.
The children will carry official
collection containers and identi­fication
cards and will meet at
Weldon E. Howitt Jr. H. S. Cafe­teria
to turn in their containers.
The youngsters will be served
refreshments by a committee of
volunteers, after which a short
program of International Songs
and Dances will be presented in
the auditorium by: Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard FJsenberg, Mrs. Flori
Lorr, Miss Barbara Thomson
Mark Cognata, Larry Corsa,
Chris Drewes, and Doug Nor­man.
Service Clubs Sponsor
' Brotherhood Panorama'
It may look like I a i ilk kg built by Bate Goldberg, but It flys like a bird! Its called the " Pregnant
Gappy" and has been seen lately lumbering in and out of Grumman's Bethpage airport.
Actually, it's a converted Boeing 377 " Strato- Cmiser" operated by the Aerospace Linen of Calete,
California. The ship, with its unique shape, is designed to haul the huge sections of the National
Aeronautic and Space Adminstration's Saturn launch vehicles. The innovation has saved the govern­ment
a great deal of money by cutting down on shipping time. Previously, it took four days to haul
one of the Saturn's sections from California, by barge, through the Panama Canal.
The aircraft's vital statistics: It's wings are 141 feet long; the ship's length is 127 feet; its " preg­nant"
fuselage is 19 feet across ( inside); it will carry a 30,000- lb cargo; and, utilizing four of the
most powerful piston engines ever built. It will get off the ground in under 4,000 feet... and that's
1000 feet less than Grumman's mile- long runway.
The Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions
clubs of Farmingdale will spon­sor
a " Brotherhood Panorama"
commemorating Brotherhood
Week on Sunday, February 27
from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. at the
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School auditorium. The Kiwanis
Club this year will act as host.
According to Ihterservice Club
Committee Chairman Ron Shir-core,
a fine performance has
been planned which will include
the Girl Scouts, the Crusader
Drum Corp, St. Kilian's Boy
Choir, the combined choirs of
St. Luke's, St. Thomas' and
St. Kilian's and Farmingdale
Methodist churches and the
chorale from the Agricultural and
Technical College at Farming-dale.
A presentation of the ' Man of
the Year' award will be made
to an outstanding resident.
Mayor Joseph Zureck will pro­claim
February 20 - 27th as
Brotherhood Week.
Woodward Parkway
Drains Get Ahead
The Town Board has awarded
the contract for constructing
storm water drains in the Wood­ward
Parkway area of South Far-mingdale.
Successful bidder was Ralph
Jannotta, Inc. of Roslyn whose
low bid price was $ 88,102.
Councilman ( Yank J. Hynes
said that plans are being made
to proceed with construction as
soon as weather conditions per­mit.